Spaceman Spiff Posted November 7, 2008 Share Posted November 7, 2008 I swear to God, mine is atrocious. Seriously, it reminds me of my 80 year old grandmothers who had a severe case of the shakes before passing. My cursive is alright, it looks nice when you look at the page, but try to read it and its still pretty bad. I usually write a bunch of thank you notes for work and they take FOREVER cause I have to slow down and take my time, trying to make my handwriting better. And then half the time, when I'm done, I look at the note and it looks like total crap. I don't get embarrassed by much, but my handwriting definitely makes me feel bad. So is there any way to make it better? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Reic Posted November 7, 2008 Share Posted November 7, 2008 Dude my handwriting blows too. At least I can't **** up the look of typing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spjunkies Posted November 7, 2008 Share Posted November 7, 2008 http://www.ehow.com/how_16072_improve-handwriting.html Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bang Posted November 7, 2008 Share Posted November 7, 2008 My handwriting used to be horrible. Then i started using computers every day, and now I can barely write at all. Honestly, it's barely legible chicken scratch. ~Bang Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jbooma Posted November 7, 2008 Share Posted November 7, 2008 I swear to God, mine is atrocious. Seriously, it reminds me of my 80 year old grandmothers who had a severe case of the shakes before passing. My cursive is alright, it looks nice when you look at the page, but try to read it and its still pretty bad. I usually write a bunch of thank you notes for work and they take FOREVER cause I have to slow down and take my time, trying to make my handwriting better. And then half the time, when I'm done, I look at the note and it looks like total crap. I don't get embarrassed by much, but my handwriting definitely makes me feel bad. So is there any way to make it better? welcome to the club, thanks to computers i never write anymore the only way to improve it is to just practice it and use it all the time, my signature now doesn't even look like a name Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spjunkies Posted November 7, 2008 Share Posted November 7, 2008 welcome to the club, thanks to computers i never write anymore the only way to improve it is to just practice it and use it all the time, my signature now doesn't even look like a name LOL when I signed the signature thing at Best Buy the girl asked me if I was drawing a picture Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MonkFan8 Posted November 7, 2008 Share Posted November 7, 2008 I honestly feel bad for my professors because my shorthand is virtually illegible. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SkinsHokieFan Posted November 7, 2008 Share Posted November 7, 2008 My handwriting sucks And I know how you feel with work, I write TONS of thank you notes You just gotta take your sweet ass time with it, or if your cursive is better just stick with cursive Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
twa Posted November 7, 2008 Share Posted November 7, 2008 Hire a personal assistant? Mine's atrocious,always has been Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rumrunner6900 Posted November 7, 2008 Share Posted November 7, 2008 Interesting thread b/c I'm 30 and I swear my 5 year old daughter writes better than I do! I've always had bad handwriting b/c my brain works faster than my hands. Seems I'm always writing in a hurry. I just learned to accept it and type important things. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Reic Posted November 7, 2008 Share Posted November 7, 2008 I have a mix of cursive and print when I write, to make it look better. If it is a cursive letter, I suck writing it in print If it is a print letter, I suck writing it in cursive. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mjah Posted November 7, 2008 Share Posted November 7, 2008 Practice will do it. I can't stand to write by hand anymore. It's soooooo slow. Severely bandwidth limited. But my handwriting is turrible, just turrible anyway. My 12th grade AP English teacher had some of the worst handwriting I've ever seen in an adult. It was then that I realized: handwriting means nothing anymore. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
praise_gibbs Posted November 7, 2008 Share Posted November 7, 2008 I've always had bad handwriting b/c my brain works faster than my hands. Seems I'm always writing in a hurry.I just learned to accept it and type important things. This is me to a T. Lol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MurrayH81 Posted November 7, 2008 Share Posted November 7, 2008 3 tips: 1. Slow down. 2. Practice makes perfect. 3. Hire a Nun with a ruler, and the ability to use it to help you get it correct. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ax Posted November 7, 2008 Share Posted November 7, 2008 Hold it up next to a doctor's. You'll feel better right away. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Burgold Posted November 7, 2008 Share Posted November 7, 2008 My teacher's used to even complain about me. They'd say how can you be such a talented artist and write like that? They'd look at my renderings and hand work and then at my handwriting and it just made no sense to them. My handwriting is functional, but it is mostly print these days. That reminds me, I ought to go out and do some sketching while it's still nice. I don't allow myself time for that enough anymore. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Prosperity Posted November 7, 2008 Share Posted November 7, 2008 write paragraph length a lot more write more, but write more in large chunks rather than sentences here and there Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mufumonk Posted November 7, 2008 Share Posted November 7, 2008 My handwriting used to be horrible.Then i started using computers every day, and now I can barely write at all. Honestly, it's barely legible chicken scratch. ~Bang So I'm not the only one? Phew! I have always had poor handwriting but now? I can barely read my own writing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Art Monk Fan Posted November 7, 2008 Share Posted November 7, 2008 I've always had very good handwriting and hold a bot of bias against those who don't. I always subtract a few points from anyone I'm interviewing for a job if their handwriting on the application is bad -- it's a job application, slow down and be neat about it! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
buenosdiaz Posted November 7, 2008 Share Posted November 7, 2008 it means you're important and dont have time for whatever youre writing haha anyways the last place I worked one of my coworkers had done some work in handwriting recognition or some crap like that i tend to write at an angle i guess like italics, anyways he said this meant that I had something else on my mind and also when i write g's or j's the buttom part doesnt hang very much i forget what this means though oh and that is probably going in the taken out of context thread haha Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spaceman Spiff Posted November 7, 2008 Author Share Posted November 7, 2008 I've always had very good handwriting and hold a bot of bias against those who don't. I always subtract a few points from anyone I'm interviewing for a job if their handwriting on the application is bad -- it's a job application, slow down and be neat about it! I agree, but when I slow down, it still looks like crap. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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